Dyeing-machine.



No. 872,597. Q PATENTBD DEC. 3, 1907.

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PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907.

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DYEING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21, 1906.

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DYEING-MAGI-IINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed November 21. 1906. Serial No. 344,418.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL F. WATERS, of Germantown, in the city of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Dyeing- Machines, whereof the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to dyeing machines of the class described in Letters Patent of the United States #785283 granted to me March 21st, 1905, and comprising a series of rotary yarn sticks upon which yarn may be suspended while immersed in a dyeing solution.

My present improvement relates more particularly to the frames which carry the rotary sticks and to the means whereby said sticks are rotated to progress the yarn hung thereon.

The form of my invention hereinafter de scribed, comprises a frame wherein all of the yarn sticks are mounted to rotate in parallel relation, but the alternate sticks in said frame are connected for rotation in two distinct series. Each of said sticks is provided with a ratchet wheel, but the ratchet wheels of the respective series are upon respectively opposite sides of the machine, and there engaged by series of pawls corresponding with the respective ratchets and carried by respective reciprocatory bars. Said bars are provided with means whereby they may be manually reciprocated independently of each other, so that either of said series of sticks may be rotated independently of the other.

My invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement hereinafter more definitely specified. I

In the drawings; Figure I, is a plan view of a machine conveniently embodying my improvement. Fig. II, is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of said machine, taken on the line II, II, in Fig. I. Fig. III, is a fragmentary plan view of one of the side rails of the frame and parts connected therewith. Fig. IV, is a vertical longitudinal sectional view, taken on the line IV, IV, in Fig. III. Fig. V, is a vertical transverse sectional view, taken on the-line V, V, in Fig. IV.

In said drawings, the vat comprises the floor 1, side walls 2, and 3, and end walls 4.

and 5, all being conveniently formed of wood. At the right hand end of said vat, as

shown in Figs. I, and II, the chamber 8, is formed by-the partition 9, which is conveniently carried by the yarn frame. The liquor circulating Wheel 10, is mounted to rotate in said chamber 8, on a horizontal axis, and in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. II, to circulate the liquor 12, over the partition 9, from said chamber. Said partition 9, is provided with the horizontal extension 13, having the perforations 14, through which a portion of the liquor flows, and is thereby evenly distributed. Said liquor circulating wheel comprises a series of radial blades 15, which extend parallel with its horizontal axis. Said blades are secured at their opposite ends between the lugs 16, on the circular heads 18 and 19, mounted on the shaft 20. Said shaft 20, is journaled for rotation in the stufling boxes 22, and 23, and is provided with the tight and loose pulleys 24 and 25, respectively. A deflecting plate 27 is disposed over said circulating wheel,

and is arranged to direct the flow of liquor in an inclined direction on to the horizontal perforated extension 13 of the partition 9.

The frame above referred to comprises the parallel side rails 30 and 31,'which are connected by the cross bars 32 and 33, and which are supported by the cross beams 35, whose ends overlie the opposite side walls 2, and 3, of the vat and are sup orted thereon, as best shown in Fig. I. Said side rails 30, and 31, are suspended from the cross beams 35, by the metal brackets 36, which are secured to the rails 30 and 31, by the bolts 38, and which comprise the apertures 39, through which said beams 35, extend in removable relation. Said cross beams 35, are conveniently provided with eyebolts 40, secured therein by the nuts'41; whereby the frame may be conveniently uplifted from the vat. The side rails 30, and 31, each comprise parallel metal plates joined together by the bolts 43, which are provided with the spacing sleeves 44., arranged as best shown in Fig. V, to maintain said plates in par' sleeves 46, is provided with a polygonal aperture 48, to receive the yarn sticks 50 which are of similar configuration, and, the arrangement is such that when the frame is uplifted from the vat, said sticks 50, may be thrust longitudinally through said bearing sleeves and ratchet wheels to be removed or replaced.

The two channel bars 52, are respectively mounted for reciprocation between. the parallel plates of the side rails 30 and 31, upon respectively opposite sides of the frame, and, each bar 52, carries a series of pawls 53,.in operative engagement with the ratchet wheels 45 of the respective series of sticks 50; so that the alternate yarn sticks 50, may be turned step by step, by reciprocation of one or the other of said bars 52, to correspondingly shift the yarn suspended there from. Said channel bars 52, are conveniently supported upon the rollers 55, having trunnions j ournaled in the parallel plates of the side rails 30 and 31, and said bars are prevented from upward displacement by the rollers 56, which are journaled in the bearing standards 57, on said side rails. Each of said channel bars 52, is provided with a gear rack 60, arranged to be engaged by respective gear sectors 61, which are hun on the shafts 64, in the brackets 65. Said sectors are provided with the handles 66 by which they may be operated to reciprocate said bar.

The commercial value of machines of this class being dependent upon their capacity to treat maximum loads of yarn in each vat, with the minimum number of operators; the described arrangement, whereby each load of yarn is divided upon yarn sticks arranged in alternate series which can be rotated independently, is of special advantage in that it enables a single operator to manipulate in a single machine, a maximum load of yarn which required two operators to manipulate in a single machine constructed as described in applicants Letters Patent of the United States No. 785,288 aforesaid.

I do not desire to limit myself to the precise details of construction and arrangement herein set forth as it is obvious that various modifications may be made therein without departing from the essential features of my invention as defined in the following claims.

I claim p 1. In a dyeing machine, the combination with a vat; of a frame; a series of yarn sticks supported in said frame; and means arranged to intermittently rotate the alternate yarn sticks independently of each other, substantially as set forth.

2. In a dyeing machine, the combination with a vat; of a frame; a series of yarn sticks supported in said frame; means arranged to contemporaneously rotate every other one of said sticks independently of the sticks which are disposed intermediate thereof; and, means arranged to rotate said intermediate sticks contemporaneously with one another, substantially as set forth.

3. In a dyeing machine, the combination with a vat; of a removable frame in said vat; a series of yarn sticks supported in said frame; and, means arranged to intermittently rotate the alternate yarn sticks indepenilently of each other, substantially as set fort 1.

4. In a dyeing machine, the combination with a vat; of a removable frame in said vat; a series of removable yarn sticks supported in said frame; and, means arranged to in termittently rotate the alternate yarn sticks independently, substantially as set forth.

5. In a dyeing machine, the combination with a vat; of a frame comprising side rails; a series of ratchet wheels mounted for rotation in said rails; a series of bearing sleeves mounted for rotation in said rails intermediate of said ratchets the ratchet wheels on one rail being disposed in axial alinement with the bearing sleeves in the other rail; means arranged to support yarn sticks in said wheels and sleeves; and, means arranged to contemporaneously rotate the wheels in each rail independently of the Wheels in the other rail, substantially as set forth.

6. In a dyeing machine, the combination with a vat; of a frame comprising side rails; a series of ratchet wheels mounted for rotation in said rails; a series of bearing sleeves mounted for rotation in said rails intermediate of said wheels; the wheels in one rail being disposed in axial alinement with the bearing sleeves in the other rail; said wheels and sleeves comprising apertures arranged to carry yarn sticks in removable relation therewith; and, means arranged to contemporaneously rotate the wheels in each rail independently of the wheels in the other rail, substantially as set forth.

7. In a dyeing machine, the combination with a vat; of a frame comprising side rails; a series of ratchet wheels mounted for rotation in said rails; a series of bearing sleeves mounted for rotation in said rails intermediate of said wheels; the wheels in one rail being disposed in axial alinement with the bearing sleeves in the other rail; said wheels and sleeves comprising apertures arranged to carry yarn sticks in removable relation therewith; bars each comprising a series of pawls in operative engagement with the wheels in the respective side rails; and, means arranged to independently reciprocate said bars and thereby intermittently rotate said Wheels, substantially as set forth.

8, In a dyeing machine, the combination with a vat; of a frame comprising opposed side rails; yarn sticks mounted to rotate in said frame; a vertical partition carried by said frame and arranged to form a chamber in said vat; a perforated horizontal plate adjacent to said partition; and, a liquor circulating wheel mounted to rotate in said chamber and arranged to circulate the liquor over said perforated plate; and, a deflecting plate arranged to direct the flow of liquor from said wheel on to said perforated plate, substantially as set forth.

9. In a dyeing machine, the combination with a vat; of a frame comprising opposed stationary side rails; ratchet wheels mounted to rotate in said stationary side rails; yarn sticks carried by said wheels; bars arranged to reciprocate in said side rails, and carrying pawls pivoted thereon, in operative engagement with said wheels; and rollers disposed above said bars, arranged to maintain the latter in operative relation with said wheels, substantially as set forth.

10. In a dyeing machine, the combination with a vat; of a frame comprising opposed side rails; ratchet wheels mounted to rotate in said side rails; yarn sticks carried by said wheels; bars distinct from said wheels, carrying pawls pivoted thereon, arranged to reciprocate in said side rails in operative engagement with said wheels; gear racks on said channel bars; gear sectors, pivoted on said side rails, engaging said racks; and,

means arranged to rock said sectors and thereby reciprocate said bars, and intermittently rotate said yarn sticks, substantially as set forth.

11. In a dyeing machine, the combination with a vat, of a frame; series of yarn sticks supported in said frame, the sticks of one series being disposed in alternate relation with the sticks of another series; and means arranged to contemporaneously rotate the sticks of each series independently of the other series, substantially as set forth.

12. In a dyeing machine, the combination with a vat, of a frame; series of yarn sticks supported in said frame, the sticks of one series being disposed in alternate relation with the sticks of another series; and means arranged to contemporaneously rotate the sticks of each seriesintermittently, independently of the other series, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, at Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, this twentieth day of November, 1906.

DANIEL F. WATERS.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH V. CARROLL, JAMES WATERS. 

